Resigned from MLA position, not from Cong: MLA Somasekhar
'No one has courage to threaten us with gun point'
Bengaluru: MLAs from other parties have become chief ministers after joining in our Congress Party. Why some rules are being imposed on us, which were not there earlier; asked BDA president and MLA ST Somashekhar.
Speaking to reporters at a hotel in Mumbai on Tuesday, he said, "We have never indulged in anti-party activities. But the MLAs, who were involved in anti-party activities, have become ministers in the coalition government. We were not absent from the Legislature party meetings. We have neither violated the Whip nor remain absent from the Sessions. But we were upset over the mental torture, which led us to resign from the posts. There is no force, nothing", Somashekhar said.
"No one has the courage to threaten us with gun point. Are we from underworld or land mafia? We are just common party workers. We have not disrespected the party", MLA ST Somashekhar added.
"We have resigned voluntarily. Let them take whatever action they want to take. We are ready to face it. No one of us have indulged in anti-party activities. We have given our resignations to the Speaker legally after taking the opinion of the people of the constituency".
--Pratap Gouda Patil, Maski MLA
Around three-four months back, we had informed Siddaramaiah, Parameshwar, Dinesh Gundurao and DK Shivakumar that we will resign. But none of them tried to find solutions to our problems.
-- ST Somasekhar,. BDA chairman
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KSRTC to run 1000 special services to clear Christmas rush
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.
In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.
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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.
The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.
In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.
